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  • The Mad Cat LadyBarbarella a.k.a. The Mad Cat Lady Born in 1966 and raised in Germany. From age 7 had private piano tuition. Taught piano from age 14 onwards. Moved to London in 1984. Played keyboards and sang backing vocals in various bands in London, most notably electro-goth band “Anno Lucis“. Spent a lot of nights in the 80s in the London Goth & New Romantic Scene (Batcave, Frizzby Fox/Hippodrome, Kitcat Club, Slimelight, Camden Palace etc.) Jobs in London: waitress, bike messenger, piano teacher, peepshow dancer, translator, and later medical and legal secretary. 1990s: Started recording solo music projects. 1996-7: Started to learn Web Design and moving away from making music to creating websites. Took part in a lot of Sci-Fi conventions all over the UK and one Babylon5 one in Los Angeles, always dressed up in various costumes (see Photo Gallery). 2000: Adopted Lugosi & Spider from the RSPCA March. Last music projects written and recorded in 2002/3 (Dominatrix Project). 2003: Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. 2004: Moved to Lanzarote, Canary Islands (click here for location). Started learning Photography (specialising in cats) and setting up Catnip Camera and Picture Lanzarote. 2006: Adopted Persian Princess Janelle (after her human “mummy” Teresa died). 2007: Diagnosed with…
  • Meet the CatsLugosi Bully Boy and overall Boss Cat. Likes: Fighting.  Dislikes: Car Journeys. Ruby Little Orange Spitfire Likes: Wrestling with her Brothers, Food, Playing. Dislikes: Being told off for being naughty. Spider Mischief Maker Extraordinaire. Likes: Getting in Trouble. Dislikes: The Vacuum Cleaner. Lugosi, Spider & Ruby – “Haus von Fluffenstein” – Videos Videos of Janelle too (who now lives happily with a good friend) [back to top]
    • Spider & Lugosi R.I.P. Book of MemoriesIn order to deal with my grief over losing my sweet, gentle boy Spider to cancer on 2nd September 2017, I have started a “Book of Memories” as suggested in the very helpful publication “Soul Comfort for Cat Lovers“. This is a creative way to write down all the cute and funny moments that you have of your furbaby, to which you can then come back to in later times/years.  Memories do fade over time, so I started this a few days after his passing while things about him are still very fresh in my mind. It helps work through my feelings of loss over him and turn something so incredibly sad into something beautiful, loving and creative.  I will publish more photos of each page from the book as I go along.  [gallery columns="5" size="medium" link="file" ids="9580,9599,9581,9582,9583,9584,9585,9586,9587,9588,9589,9590,9591,9592,9593,9594,9595,9596,9597"]
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  • Gothic LanzaroteYou might think that a sunny island like Lanzarote (situated HERE in the world) is totally unsuitable for Goths. What have sunshine and beaches to do with Goth, I hear you ask? Well, first of all, deep down most Goths *love* sunshine – meaning that they don’t like to be *in* it because it will damage their gothic pallor, but they love *looking* at it. Secondly, if you hate the beach in the daytime then you visit it at night. You know it’s the Goth thing to do. ;) But to get to the point now, there are actually quite a few things that will attract Goths to this lovely island. The total lack of a Goth Scene is of course not one of them, but while living here I have discovered many things that are very gothic indeed! :) Volcanoes Can you think of a force more beautiful and destructive? These are both qualities that Goths very much live for. Lanzarote is full of volcanoes, although only one is still “smoking” – this one is in the gorgeous Timanfaya National Park and you can actually eat food that has been grilled over the heat of this volcano up there…
    • A Friend’s View of Lanzarote
  • Music Projectsa:link, a:visited, a:active {color:#9E0E11;text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold} a:hover{color:white} p {padding-bottom:20px} h3 {padding-bottom:13px} The following are sound snippets (approx. 2 mins each song) from my old music projects from the early 90s up to around 2003. After that, all my creativity has gone into web design, graphic design and photography, and I haven´t written or recorded anything new since then. Also, sadly, due to bad co-ordination and pain from my illnesses (fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis) I have not been playing or singing live. My music is divided into 3 projects, because the styles are so wildly different, there was no way they would have ever fitted together. The “First” and “Endymion” Projects Under the name “SilkRush” I wrote and recorded the album “First – The Light Side” which contains all my cheerful pop and dance songs (plus some ballads), and “Endymion – The Dark Side” which reveals the darker gothic side of my music – “Shadow Dancers” (Endymion), for example, is a haunting goth piece with Kate Bush-style vocals, whereas “In the Summer Rain” (First) is a beautiful commercial ballad! The “Dominatrix” Project If you are into hardhitting industrial, trance and dark techno sounds then you might prefer this to SilkRush’s more “sane”…
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  • The Mad Cat LadyBarbarella a.k.a. The Mad Cat Lady Born in 1966 and raised in Germany. From age 7 had private piano tuition. Taught piano from age 14 onwards. Moved to London in 1984. Played keyboards and sang backing vocals in various bands in London, most notably electro-goth band “Anno Lucis“. Spent a lot of nights in the 80s in the London Goth & New Romantic Scene (Batcave, Frizzby Fox/Hippodrome, Kitcat Club, Slimelight, Camden Palace etc.) Jobs in London: waitress, bike messenger, piano teacher, peepshow dancer, translator, and later medical and legal secretary. 1990s: Started recording solo music projects. 1996-7: Started to learn Web Design and moving away from making music to creating websites. Took part in a lot of Sci-Fi conventions all over the UK and one Babylon5 one in Los Angeles, always dressed up in various costumes (see Photo Gallery). 2000: Adopted Lugosi & Spider from the RSPCA March. Last music projects written and recorded in 2002/3 (Dominatrix Project). 2003: Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. 2004: Moved to Lanzarote, Canary Islands (click here for location). Started learning Photography (specialising in cats) and setting up Catnip Camera and Picture Lanzarote. 2006: Adopted Persian Princess Janelle (after her human “mummy” Teresa died). 2007: Diagnosed with…
  • Meet the CatsLugosi Bully Boy and overall Boss Cat. Likes: Fighting.  Dislikes: Car Journeys. Ruby Little Orange Spitfire Likes: Wrestling with her Brothers, Food, Playing. Dislikes: Being told off for being naughty. Spider Mischief Maker Extraordinaire. Likes: Getting in Trouble. Dislikes: The Vacuum Cleaner. Lugosi, Spider & Ruby – “Haus von Fluffenstein” – Videos Videos of Janelle too (who now lives happily with a good friend) [back to top]
    • Spider & Lugosi R.I.P. Book of MemoriesIn order to deal with my grief over losing my sweet, gentle boy Spider to cancer on 2nd September 2017, I have started a “Book of Memories” as suggested in the very helpful publication “Soul Comfort for Cat Lovers“. This is a creative way to write down all the cute and funny moments that you have of your furbaby, to which you can then come back to in later times/years.  Memories do fade over time, so I started this a few days after his passing while things about him are still very fresh in my mind. It helps work through my feelings of loss over him and turn something so incredibly sad into something beautiful, loving and creative.  I will publish more photos of each page from the book as I go along.  [gallery columns="5" size="medium" link="file" ids="9580,9599,9581,9582,9583,9584,9585,9586,9587,9588,9589,9590,9591,9592,9593,9594,9595,9596,9597"]
  • Blog
  • Photo Gallery
    • Myself & Family
    • The Kitties
    • SciFi, Horror & Fantasy Conventions/Events
    • Bands, Clubs & Music
    • Places I have Been – Holidays
    • Airplanes & Helicopters
    • Fireworks
    • Cemeteries[album id=2 template=compact]
  • Gothic LanzaroteYou might think that a sunny island like Lanzarote (situated HERE in the world) is totally unsuitable for Goths. What have sunshine and beaches to do with Goth, I hear you ask? Well, first of all, deep down most Goths *love* sunshine – meaning that they don’t like to be *in* it because it will damage their gothic pallor, but they love *looking* at it. Secondly, if you hate the beach in the daytime then you visit it at night. You know it’s the Goth thing to do. ;) But to get to the point now, there are actually quite a few things that will attract Goths to this lovely island. The total lack of a Goth Scene is of course not one of them, but while living here I have discovered many things that are very gothic indeed! :) Volcanoes Can you think of a force more beautiful and destructive? These are both qualities that Goths very much live for. Lanzarote is full of volcanoes, although only one is still “smoking” – this one is in the gorgeous Timanfaya National Park and you can actually eat food that has been grilled over the heat of this volcano up there…
    • A Friend’s View of Lanzarote
  • Music Projectsa:link, a:visited, a:active {color:#9E0E11;text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold} a:hover{color:white} p {padding-bottom:20px} h3 {padding-bottom:13px} The following are sound snippets (approx. 2 mins each song) from my old music projects from the early 90s up to around 2003. After that, all my creativity has gone into web design, graphic design and photography, and I haven´t written or recorded anything new since then. Also, sadly, due to bad co-ordination and pain from my illnesses (fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis) I have not been playing or singing live. My music is divided into 3 projects, because the styles are so wildly different, there was no way they would have ever fitted together. The “First” and “Endymion” Projects Under the name “SilkRush” I wrote and recorded the album “First – The Light Side” which contains all my cheerful pop and dance songs (plus some ballads), and “Endymion – The Dark Side” which reveals the darker gothic side of my music – “Shadow Dancers” (Endymion), for example, is a haunting goth piece with Kate Bush-style vocals, whereas “In the Summer Rain” (First) is a beautiful commercial ballad! The “Dominatrix” Project If you are into hardhitting industrial, trance and dark techno sounds then you might prefer this to SilkRush’s more “sane”…
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Callisto derping in his sleep….
  • Callisto
  • Cute

Callisto derping in his sleep….

  • 3 August 201931 July 2019

So darn cute! 🙂

Sleepyheads…
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Paws
  • Ruby
  • Spider

Sleepyheads…

  • 17 September 201514 September 2015

A few random piccies of my 3 little sleepyheads… 

New Cat House Turns Out To Be Popular
  • Cat DIY
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Spider
  • Spider

New Cat House Turns Out To Be Popular

  • 15 September 201514 September 2015

Spider likes to think outside the box…. Spider: “Mum! The rat snorted all my catnip!” 🙁 Spider peeking through the back of the cat house.     Ruby sleeping on top…

Who needs a bed, when you have…
  • Other Cats

Who needs a bed, when you have…

  • 7 July 2015

A kitty loo to sleep in (Squeaky being rather gross, sleeping next to the pee and the poo). Okay, so is this a bit more sensible and less gross? After…

Ruby & Lugosi: Joined at the Hip
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby & Lugosi

Ruby & Lugosi: Joined at the Hip

  • 6 July 20155 July 2015

Apart from the colour, you wouldn´t know where one cat starts and the other one ends… 🙂

Comfy? Me?
  • Spider

Comfy? Me?

  • 2 April 20151 April 2015

What do *you* think? Spider strikes a pose…

Lugosi Living on the Edge
  • Lugosi
  • Silly Pics

Lugosi Living on the Edge

  • 28 March 2015

Lugosi feels that living (or even *sleeping*) on the edge gives life a little bit of spice…

The Art of Synchronised Sleeping
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby

The Art of Synchronised Sleeping

  • 11 February 20159 February 2015

Otherwise known as “Kitty Prawn Expression”, demonstrated by Lugosi and Ruby.

Ruby in Quarters…
  • Ruby

Ruby in Quarters…

  • 4 January 20152 January 2015

1/4 of Ruby 2/4 of Ruby 3/4 of Ruby!

On a rainy night in Lanzarote…
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

On a rainy night in Lanzarote…

  • 20 November 2014

My 3 rascals take over the living room!

Too Hot for Cats!
  • Spider

Too Hot for Cats!

  • 2 September 20142 September 2014

With it being 36C degrees outside, Spider is being a sensible kitty and staying in the airconditioned indoors. Just chillin´…

  • Spider

Spider snoring & dreaming

  • 26 May 201425 May 2014
The Boys Chillaxing….
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

The Boys Chillaxing….

  • 18 February 201416 February 2014

A lazy evening in (are there any other kinds of evenings?!) for Spider and Lugosi…

The Siesta as an Art Form
  • Ruby

The Siesta as an Art Form

  • 8 January 20143 January 2014

And Ruby has it sussed to a T.

Sometimes… you fall off the wagon
  • Spider

Sometimes… you fall off the wagon

  • 10 July 20136 July 2013

Or out of your cat bed even, in Spider´s case. 

Ruby is 4 today!
  • Ruby

Ruby is 4 today!

  • 20 May 2013

* HAPPY BIRTHDAY * my sweet lil girl. 🙂 Ruby on her new throne.  Definitely fit for a Queen! 

Spider in Hibernation
  • Spider

Spider in Hibernation

  • 6 May 20133 May 2013

Curled up like a little sqwerl during its winter sleep….

Lugosi last night
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi

Lugosi last night

  • 23 March 201323 March 2013

… fell asleep on my foot, bless him. 🙂

  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Lugosi being rudely awoken…

  • 23 February 201318 February 2013
Spider chillaxing…
  • Spider

Spider chillaxing…

  • 14 December 201212 December 2012

Love the turned over earsie… 

In bed with my kitties
  • Barbarella
  • Lugosi
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby

In bed with my kitties

  • 18 November 201218 November 2012

Lugosi likes to lie on top of me!  Ruby likes to lie next to me. And Spider? He refused to have his picture taken together with a smelly hoomin! 😉 

Chillaxing on the sofa…
  • Lugosi

Chillaxing on the sofa…

  • 21 October 201217 October 2012

Lugosi, out cold (and Spider behind him)…

Kitty Pr0n Star Spider!
  • Spider

Kitty Pr0n Star Spider!

  • 12 September 201210 September 2012

Sadly, there aren´t many openings for eunuchs in porn movies, so Spider has to make do with having the odd picture of his non-existent crown jewels posted on his mummy´s…

Utterly Flaked Out…
  • Spider

Utterly Flaked Out…

  • 29 July 2012

Spider.  The morning after a night of catnip excesses… ENHANCE!

Ruby and her Salamander
  • Ruby

Ruby and her Salamander

  • 24 June 2012

She always uses it as a pillow.  So cute. 🙂

  • Spider
  • Videos

Spider Chillaxing

  • 29 May 201229 May 2012
  • Lugosi
  • Videos

Must be comfy….

  • 19 May 2012

Lugosi spilling out from his IKEA unit cat bed onto the floor…. must be comfy!

Are you comfy?
  • Ruby

Are you comfy?

  • 15 April 2012

Cats always amaze me that they can sleep in seemingly impossible positions….  

This is the LIFE!
  • 3 Cats
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi
  • Spider

This is the LIFE!

  • 30 March 2012

The 3 terrors zonked out on the bed….

Ruby´s Pile-a-Pawsies
  • Paws
  • Ruby

Ruby´s Pile-a-Pawsies

  • 27 February 2012

… + a tail.

Ruby “helping”
  • Ruby

Ruby “helping”

  • 14 February 2012

Forever helping me with my work…. 😉

Spider in his Igloo
  • Spider

Spider in his Igloo

  • 20 January 2012

I was washing the bed clothes and left the uncovered quilt on the bed.  Next time I enter the room Spider has made himself a “nest” resembling an igloo (no,…

Yin and Yang Fail
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Yin and Yang Fail

  • 19 December 201119 December 2011

Ruby fails to understand the concept of Yin Yang….

Ruby Upside Down
  • Mobile Pics
  • Ruby

Ruby Upside Down

  • 1 November 2011
Spider chillin
  • Paws
  • Spider

Spider chillin

  • 10 August 201110 August 2011

Top of Cat. .Bottom of Cat. .All of Cat.

Blissful Synchronised Sleepinks
  • Lugosi
  • Spider
  • Spider & Lugosi

Blissful Synchronised Sleepinks

  • 16 June 201116 June 2011
Not getting any work done around here!
  • Lugosi

Not getting any work done around here!

  • 13 June 2011

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Errrmmmm!
  • Lugosi

Errrmmmm!

  • 10 October 201010 October 2010

Could I possibly have my sofa back? Pretty please?!

Still Life
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Still Life

  • 17 February 201017 February 2010

Synchronised sleeping…

Ruby on Grass
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Ruby on Grass

  • 12 January 2010

Oi! Whatcha wake me up for?!.Going back to sleep, me… .

Sleepy Ruby
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Sleepy Ruby

  • 10 January 201010 January 2010

This photo makes me wanna burst into a lullaby… 😉

Spider´s Latest Sleeping Spot
  • Cute
  • Spider

Spider´s Latest Sleeping Spot

  • 25 November 200925 November 2009

On top of my dirty clothes!!!

Sleepy Ruby
  • Cute
  • Ruby

Sleepy Ruby

  • 6 November 20096 November 2009

She darn well *knows* she´s cute.  And check out her smiley face in the 3rd pic. 🙂..

Cat in a Bowl
  • Cute
  • Other Cats

Cat in a Bowl

  • 17 October 200917 October 2009

Felix (my neighbour´s cat) sleeping in a fruit bowl.  Perfectly sized for him of course.  And check out the colour co-ordination all around him to go with his black and…

Spider & Lugosi….. and then Ruby!
  • Cute
  • Ruby
  • Ruby with Spider & Lugosi

Spider & Lugosi….. and then Ruby!

  • 2 October 20092 October 2009

I was taking photos of Spider (left) and Lugosi………when Ruby cheekily jumped into the photo, posing prettily! 🙂(the scar on her belly is from being spayed on Tuesday)

Must be dead comfy….
  • Cute
  • Lugosi
  • Paws

Must be dead comfy….

  • 20 September 200920 September 2009

Lugosi with his beautiful tiger feet stretched out in front, snoozing…. .

Janelle´s new sleeping spot
  • Cute
  • Janelle

Janelle´s new sleeping spot

  • 16 September 200916 September 2009

Right next to my face when I go to bed.  Bless her. 🙂

Mirror Cats: Synchronised Sleeping
  • Cute
  • Spider & Lugosi

Mirror Cats: Synchronised Sleeping

  • 15 August 200915 August 2009

Lugosi (left) & Spider….

Comfy Kitty Posishe
  • Cute
  • Spider

Comfy Kitty Posishe

  • 16 July 200916 July 2009

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Janelle sleeps in grass pot… video & pics
  • Cute
  • Janelle
  • Videos

Janelle sleeps in grass pot… video & pics

  • 22 June 200922 June 2009

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